Easter Basket

- Monday, April 16, 2012

So I have joined the wonderful world of Pinterest. Wow, so many awesome ideas and so little time...
I found a great tutorial http://www.theribbonretreat.com/blog/tutu-easter-basket.html for decorating a child's Easter basket. So I did some shopping and got to crafting.

I chose two colors of tulle, a cheap wicker basket, some cordinating ribbon, and fake flowers

Instead of wrapping the handle in ribbon, I chose two colors of yarn. This probably was not the best choice because it took FOREVER (about an hour to an hour and a half), but I like the finished product so eh. I am glad I covered the handle though because I got splinters from it while I was working.







Pretty cute right? Eventually (hopefully before next Easter) I will cover the inside.

Amber and Hazelwood jewelry

- Monday, October 11, 2010

Want to win Inspired By Finn Amber and Hazelwood jewelry?
http://www.hipmountainmamablog.com/2010/10/inspired-by-finn-amber-hazelwood.html

Because I am bored jewelry

- Monday, July 13, 2009



As I was waiting for my first project to be delivered from the hook and needle club, I began to get bored. I needed something crafty to do! So, I pulled out a jewelry kit that I had bought for my daughter and began to create. The original kit used brown seed beads, but I used blue since that I my daughter's favorite color.

This was my first attempt at jewelry making. I had fun, hmmm I may have a new hobby :-)

The "I wanna felt" hat.

- Thursday, June 25, 2009



June 23, 2009
First let me start by saying that felting is addicting! If you haven't tried it yet, you should :-) Ok, now for the project. I have not had an excuse to felt in a while, and had some extra yarn lying around that I wanted to do something with. My daughter has been into hats lately, so I looked for felted hat patterns. (There are some crazy and weird patterns out there!) I found this pattern http://www.knitaddicted.com/html/28.html , grabbed my needles and began knitting.

As I started the yarn kept falling apart. I am not sure why it is coming apart, but since this will be felted everything should be fine.


Here I cast on and knit 2". All the "legs" are where I had to tie yarn together. Luckily felting is forgiving :-)



June 24, 2009
Here I have completed the first decrease, and will knit 3". The project will roll due to the stockinette stitch (on straight needles knit/pearl, on circular just knit).


June 24, 2009 ( again )

This project is knitting faster than I thought it would, which keeps me motivated to knit more :-)

Here I have finished knitting 3" from the marker, and decreased. Notice only the edges curl now. I believe I have also passed the "yucky" stage of my yarn. There is less breakage and the yarn is not as fragile now. (yeah! no more legs ) Now to knit 8".

June 25, 2009



Eight inches knit from the knit marker. Now to decrease for the crown and it is finished!












Woo hoo, it is finished. Now I just need to felt it, or I could leave it as is :-). Ha Ha!

If I add eye holes she could go for the Dumb Donald look (from Fat Albert)


June 30, 2009



Here is the final project, felted and dried :-). I knit a tie to go with it.
Funky, but cute!

What to knit next?

Let the knitting fun begin!

- Wednesday, June 24, 2009

There are crafts clubs that you can join. They will send you the materials to make a different craft each month. I have seen scrapbook clubs, stamp clubs, general craft clubs, but now I found a hook and needle club! Woo hoo!! Once a month they will send you a project pattern (you get both the knitting and crochet pattern), enough yarn to finish the project, and any extras the pattern calls for (buttons, zippers, ribbon etc.).
So, I signed up :-) I can't wait until I get my first project. (does the I'm getting yarn in the mail dance).

Wanna join me?
http://www.hookandneedleclub.com/

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